Burner-drum-lifter head



' une 24, 1924. 1,498,997

J. SQBR ENNAN BURNER DRUM LIFTER HEAD Filed Dec. '30, 1922 ?0%77 Jammie}? Patented .liine d, 1924. i f H a i 1i IATE PATENT @FFECE.

JOHN S. BRENNAN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

BURNERrDRUM-LIFTER HEAD.

Application filed December 30, 1922. Serial No. 609,936.

To all whom it may concern: threaded end 8 is screwed into a plate 9. The Be it known that I, JOHN S. BRENNAN, a plate 9 is supported by the rod 7 and the rod citizen of the United States, and resident of may be supported, if desired, in any desired Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and manner.

State of Wisconsin, have invented certain The plate 9 is adapted to be pushed upnew and useful Improvements in Burner- \vardly by means of the rod 7, and upon en- .Druin-Lifter Heads; and I do hereby degaging the perforated wall 6, is adapted to clare that the following is a full, clear, and lift the burner drum upwardly to allow acexact description thereof. oess to be had to the wick. The plate 9 is in This invention relates to burner drum contoured, as shown in Figure 2, to provide lifting heads and is particularly directed to a plurality of upturned tongues 10 of rela device adapted to lift the drums of oil atively small width. These tongues are regburners. ularly spaced a considerable distance apart In oil burners as heretofore constructed, to provide free and unobstructed spaces provision has been made for lifting the therebetween. These spaces not only plodrums when it is desired to light the wick. vide for the free passage of air, but also However, a great deal of difficulty has been provide the necessary space to permit the experienced in removing the wicks from entrance of the operators fingers when the burners f thi t as th lifti h d i wick is being removed. In this connection,

terferes with the free manipulation of the S to be O d a the p a r grasps the operators fingers, which is required when wick by inserting his thumb upon the inner removing the wick. It is to overcome this Side th reof, and his fingers upon the outer defect that the present invention is designed. e- It iS therefore apparent that it is nec Obj t f thi i ti are t id a essary to provide the spaces, as described burner druin lifting head, so constructed above, to permit the f ee manipulation of so that it will function efficiently as a lifter e qp ators fin ersand also will provide the necessary freedom 15 tlirthel to e noted that the peculiar for the operators fingers while removing the construction of burner drum lifter provides wick, and to provide a burner drum lifter thlS necessary p both for the and for 30 which is constructed to permit the free pasthe P' fingers in M1 extremely s5 Sag-Q f i d hi h may b d d i ple and efiicient manner, and that the head an extremely cheap and simple manner. may e formed very cheaply from stainpiugs An embodiment of the invention is shown Without q g an elaborate genes of P in the accompanying drawing, in whi herations to form the various apertures which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view thru a e usually provided thru the head to pera burner with the device in position, such it free passage of air. Instead of this view corresponding to a section on the line elaborate construction, a simple out out is 11 of Figure 2. provided, whereby both the freedom for the Fi 2 i a l i f th construc operators fingers and for the free flow of 4c tion shown in Figure 1. air is secured.

Referring more particularly to the draw- I claim lugs, it will be seen that the burner com- I. A burner drum lifter comprising a verpriscs the usual depressed portion 1, within tical rod, and a plate carried by the upper which a wick 2 is seated, and which termiportion of such rod,'said plate having a plunates in an upper peripheral channel 3 rality of recesses out inwardly from its adapted to detachably receive the burner marginal edge to provide spaces for an operdrum 4 indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1. ators fingers.

A perforated wall 5 extends transversely 2. The combination of an oil burner havacross the upper portion of the burner proping a wick and a burner drum removably 5:) er, and above such wall, a second perforated mounted thereabove and provided with a 5 wall6 extends across the lower portion of the transverse web, and a burner drum lifter burner drum 4 and joins the inner walls of comprising a vertical rod and a plate sesuch drum, in accordance with the usual cured to the upper end of such rod and posipractice. The burner drum lifter comprises tioned beneath said transverse web, said a vertically movable rod, 7, whose upper plate having a plurality ofcut-outs extending'inwardly from its peripheral margin and adapted to accommodate the operatona fingers when manipulating the wick.

3. The combination of an oil burner having a wick and a burner drum removably mounted thereabove and provided with a transverse web, a burner drum lifter comprisinga vertical rod and a plate secured to the upper end of such rod and positioned beneath said transverse web, said plate having a plurality of cut-outs extending inwardly from its peripheral margin and adapted to accommodate the operators fingers when manipulating the wick, and having a plurality of upturned regularly spaced fingers adapted to engage the said web when said rod is pushed upwardly.

4:. The combination of an oil burner having a wick and a burner drum remoiably mounted thereabove provided with a transverse web, and a burner drum litter comprising a vertical rod and a plate permanently secured to the upper end of said rod and adapted to normally occupy a position adjacent the said wick, said plate having spaced outwardly projecting upturned tin-- gers free of attachment to each other adja cent their outer ends, whereby a space is left between the fingers to accommodate the operators fingers when the burner drum is removed and the plate left in position.

The combination of an oil burner having a wick and a burner drum removably mounted thereabove and provided with a transverse web, and a burner drum lifter comprising a vertical rod having a threaded upper end, a plate screwed upon said threaded upper end and adapted to normally occupy a position adjacent the said wick, said plate having spaced upturned outwardly projecting fingers free of attachment to each other adjacent their outer ends, said fingers being adapted to engage the outer portion of said web adjacent said burner drum to provide points of contact at widely spaced places between said plate and said web whereby freedom from tilting of said burner drum is assured, the space between said fingers being adapted to accommodate the operators fingers when the burner drum is removed. and the plate left in position.

'1 testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee. in the county of Milwaukee and State o't lVisconsin.

JOHN S. BRENNAN. 

